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Chickens Stories from Our Nest

My Chicken Family

February 6, 2023

My latest book is here and I am so excited about this one, because it gets to involve you. In fact, you are the author. As we go, I serve guide/prompt/interviewer per se, of you and your adventures with chicken keeping in My Chicken Family. It is a dream to create a book where you…

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7 Ways to Survive a Pandemic with Backyard Chickens

January 3, 2022

I guess you would call me a seasoned chicken keeper. We’ve now kept chickens for 12 years. It seems like only yesterday when they arrived in the mail. Now, we are still on our third flock and seven hens remain. I’m so tempted to order more this spring, because I can’t imagine my life without…

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Lessons from the Flock Stories from Our Nest

The Importance of Being Perfectly Imperfect

May 24, 2021

I recall, as a little girl, my parents reminding me a lot about nothing being perfect. As a perfectionist at heart, it has taken me a while to become accustomed to things being out of sorts or unarranged or not how I think they should be. I think that motherhood helps make you realize what…

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Chickens Stories from Our Nest

The Silver Linings Will Come Eventually

March 3, 2021

We are in trying times. It’s weird to think that we are living in one of the biggest historical events of our lifetime. I wonder to myself, how will this be written down and recorded in history and what will life be like after this is over? Sometimes, when we are in the thick of…

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Chickens Stories from Our Nest

The Virtues of Keeping Older Chickens

January 25, 2021

It been a long running joke that at our house some years it feels like we have both a nursery and nursing home for chickens. This fall and winter the chickens have not been laying eggs after their fall molt. In the chicken world, they are deemed old. In our current flock, our youngest hens…

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Gardening with Free Ranging Chickens

July 6, 2020

One of the most popular question that I am often asked is, can I free range my chickens in my yard and not have it ending up looking like a complete dust bowl? The simple answer is yes. Over the years I have developed some tried and true techniques that should help to help keep both…

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Chickens Health Issues

Ovarian Cancer in Backyard Chickens

February 24, 2020

I’ve wanted to write this post on ovarian cancer in backyard chickens for a while. But it has taken me some time to do the research so that I can share it with you today. Lately, there is quite a deal of discussion on social media forums about how to deal with hens that experience…

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Chickens Coop Care Predators

Flock Safety: Backyard Chicken Predators

November 22, 2019

Over the years, I’ve written quite a bit about backyard chicken predators, including a few different post on how to best predator-proof your chickens’ home. Meanwhile, emails and questions about chicken predators fill my inbox on a regular basis. Therefore, I thought that it might be time to do a more extensive post on what…

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Chickens Seasonal Care Stories from Our Nest

Falling with the Flock: Fall with Chickens

November 8, 2019

We are in for some chillier temperatures this coming week, so I decided it was time to start winterizing the chicken coop. I always have a hard time saying goodbye to the warm weather. Perhaps the chickens do too. I love spending time during fall with the chickens, but I have been finding them spending…

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Chickens Lessons from the Flock Stories from Our Nest

New Book: Chicken Wisdom

November 6, 2019

Over the past ten years, I’ve come to learn that chickens can teach and remind us of many life’s lessons. If you take time to watch, listen and engage with a flock, they will share their chicken wisdom. For my latest book, I wanted to create something that made me happy! I wanted to celebrate…

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My Chicken Family

7 Ways to Survive a Pandemic with Backyard Chickens

The Importance of Being Perfectly Imperfect

The Silver Linings Will Come Eventually

The Virtues of Keeping Older Chickens

Gardening with Free Ranging Chickens

Ovarian Cancer in Backyard Chickens

Flock Safety: Backyard Chicken Predators

Falling with the Flock: Fall with Chickens

New Book: Chicken Wisdom

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My Chicken Family

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